Apparatus for and method of handling packs of printed signatures



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1. A METHOD OF HANDLING PACKS OF SIGNATURES COMING FROM A SIGNATURE GATHERING MACHINE END-TO-END IN A STREAM, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: DIRECTING SAID PACKS SERIATIM TO A GROUPING POINT; FEEDING THE PACKS AT THE GROUPING POINT AND CLAMPING EACH PACK; ARRANGING THE PACKS IN SEGREGATED GROUPS OF PACKS IN EACH OF WHICH THE PACKS ARE SIDE-BY-SIDE IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP; COLLECTING A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF GROUPS OF PACKS IN A STORAGE AREA BETWEEN THE GROUPING POINT AND A DIVISION POINT TO FORM A SURGE SUPPLY; MOVING SAID GROUPS ONE AFTER ANOTHER IN RANDOM FASHION THROUGH THE STORAGE AREA; FEEDING GROUPS INTERMITTENTLY FROM THE SURGE SUPPLY TO THE DIVISION POINT SO THAT THERE IS NO GAP BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE GROUPS AT SAID DIVISION POINT; UNCLAMPING AND REMOVING THE PACKS FROM EACH GROUP SERIATIM AT THE DIVISION POINT; AND MOVING SAID PACKS INTO AN END-TO-END STREAM FOR TRAVEL TO A BINDING MACHINE. 